Re: [net-2.6 PATCH 3/4] ixgbe: fix inconsistent SFP/SFP+ failure results.

[David Miller <davem@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

From: Jeff Kirsher <jeffrey.t.kirsher@xxxxxxxxx>
Date: Thu, 02 Jul 2009 15:50:52 -0700

> From: Don Skidmore <donald.c.skidmore@xxxxxxxxx>
> 
> Currently if we loaded the driver, insert an unsupported module, and then
> attempt to "ifconfig up" the device it will be brought down but the netdev
> would not be unregistered. This behavior is different than all other
> code paths. This patch corrects that by down'ing the device and then
> scheduling the sfp_config_module_task tasklet. The tasklet will detect
> this condition (like it does with other code paths) and do the
> unregister_netdev().
> 
> I also removed the log message as this condition (an unsupported SFP+
> module) will be logged in sfp_config_module_task.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Don Skidmore <donald.c.skidmore@xxxxxxxxx>
> Signed-off-by: Jeff Kirsher <jeffrey.t.kirsher@xxxxxxxxx>

Applied.
--
To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe netdev" in
the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
More majordomo info at  http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html